Kay Keppler, author
Where caper meets courtship
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Betting on Hope
Christmas in Caterwaul Creek
Gargoyle
Loving Lucy
No Margin for Error
No Time to Spare
Zero Gravity Outcasts
Other writing
10 Essential Elements of a Great Escapist Hero
6 Elements of Successful Storytelling
After you begin—then what?
Avoid Construction Accidents
Backstory: Leave it in the past
Beating Your Scene into Action
Breaking through Writers Block
Build Characters with Action and Motivation
Build empathy with point of view
Building the Villainy
Conflict: Characters in Opposition
Deep POV: Plunging off the Cliff
Defining Your Hero
Don’t Go Overboard: Managing Proportion
Enrich Your Story with Foreshadowing
Finding Reality in an Unreal World
Get More from Your Settings
Give Your Characters Tough Goals
Hearing Your Voice
Hook readers with specific characterizations
How Do You Feel?
Know your character’s motivation—or else
Love Your Bad Guys
Perspective: Pointing the Way to Story
Planning your book
Plot: It’s What Happens
after
the Shower
Raising Your Story’s Stakes
Research: Looking for the Forest? Or the Trees?
Say That Again: Writing Dialogue
Scene Glue: Transitions and Sequels
Self-Editing at the Finish Line
Setting: Finding the Right Place
Start Your Book on Familiar Ground
Static Settings: Make Them Do More
The Devil’s in the Details
Time and Your Story
Top 10 Plot Problems of 2013
Use Setting and Background to Meet Reader Expectations
Weathering Wuthering Heights:
Where’s the Plot?
Writing a (character-driven) romantic comedy
Writing a Blockbuster: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict
Writing Dialogue
Your Job Description
Your Title, [or] Your Book in Five Words or Less
Writing as G.S. Mauro
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August 30, 2013
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